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  • Tower@lemm.eetopolitics @lemmy.worldSenate Filibuster
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    They won’t need to pack the court. Alito and Thomas will retire in about 18 months, just after having upheld a national abortion ban. They’ll view it as their crowning achievement and walk into the sunset as GOP heroes. Then they’ll be replaced with like-minded ideologues in their mid-40s to ensure that the right wing of the court will remain intact for at least the next 20 years.

    If they packed the court, they will have just opened the door for Dems to do the same. Instead, they’ll leave it at 9 and dare the Dems to do something about it.










  • To those giving you shit about cutting horrible people out of your life and saying you need to go visit…

    Bullshit. Fuck that noise. I have family that I’ve cut out as well (although, luckily, not my parents). I’m 100% open to them rejoining my life, but their hatred for others is stronger than their love for me, and I won’t allow them back until that changes. Spoiler alert: it probably never will, because there’s no love like Christian “love”.

    “Agree to disagree” is reserved for things like “I don’t like coffee.” Not racism, homophobia, and sexism. Not human rights. Not basic common decency. If I unfriend you during this, it IS personal. We do not have a difference of opinion. We have a difference in morality.

    • @cdvaughn16, Twitter, 2020-06-05


  • Tower@lemm.eetoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldFollowing orders
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    13 days ago

    No, the X stops that navigation session entirely, and that’s not what I’m looking for. Depending on where you are going, how many stops you have loaded, etc, you may not be able to easily start a new session. Breaking up the session also messes up any details about the overall trip, if anyone is trying to gather that.

    Google Maps does have this function for Android Auto, so I’m not sure why the mobile Maps doesn’t.








  • heatwaves everywhere…

    Agreed. Some numbers for Phoenix this year -

    70
    The number of days this year of 110° or hotter, which is a new record. The previous record was 55 days, set in 2023

    138
    The number of days this year of 100° or hotter. The current record is 145 days, set in 2020. We are going to cool down a bit after the weekend, so we’ll be sitting at about 142. But, the latest we’ve ever had a 100° day is October 27th, so we’ve still got an outside shot at setting a new record.

    113
    The number of consecutive days this year of 100° or hotter. The previous record was 76 days, set in 1993.

    16
    The number of current days in a row of setting / tying a new all-time high each day. This streak started on September 25th 23rd and is expected to go through Monday, likely putting the total at 20. The previous record anywhere in the US for a streak like this was 14, set in Iowa in 1936 during the Dust Bowl.

    “This city should not exist - it is a monument to man’s arrogance.”

    • Peggy Hill